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Tech companies’ censorship compliance abroad, dual U.S.-Saudi citizen facing jail time, and more free speech trouble in the UK
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A ban on lying in politics? Illegal coconuts? We cover the latest from the U.K. and much more in July’s Free Speech Dispatch.
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Media censorship in Israel, Tiananmen memorials criminalized, and the perils of criticizing the powerful
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June 2024’s Free Speech Dispatch ranges from Israel to Hong Kong to Uzbekistan and more. And there’s even some good news!
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VIDEO: On 35th anniversary of the massacre, ‘Tiananmen is important because it’s hope’
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Zhou Fengsuo, a Tiananmen student leader, tells FIRE why the 1989 protests, and free speech more broadly, still matter in China today.
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How court rulings in Hong Kong and Australia threaten the global internet
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Censorship about gods and kings, tech takedowns, and more are on the radar in this latest edition of Free Speech Dispatch.
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German police forbid ‘speaking Irish’ at Berlin protest
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Free speech trouble spreads across Europe, app censorship in China, and how Iran suppresses critics abroad.
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Alarming new legislation in Canada, worsening repression in Hong Kong, and online global takedowns emerging from India
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Alarming new legislation in Canada, worsening repression in Hong Kong, and online global takedowns emerging from India.
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Why is an Indian court order determining what you can read on the internet?
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What a lawsuit in India can tell us about the future of global censorship and free speech.
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VIDEO: Why this dissident law student says the Chinese Communist Party’s fear gives him hope.
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Georgetown law student Jinrey Zhang talks with FIRE about protest, censorship, and whether he can ever return home to China.
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